A LESSON IUN COOKING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 126, 28 May 1881, Page 1

A LESSON lUN COOKING.

; - . ....... r— r — rr... >: ■ • » Mi^a'GicGly.Jotie^iß justihome frtoi ; boarding-school: and. edgqigkd. fo bej , married, and; as ; she: knowd. nothing about coftkin'g or h'oueewonk ,<is; goiig ;td take #■ few lfcssohs in the culinary art> to fit, her for the new station iriVEfd whicti . she is expected : ta adbrn .wltir house-i , wifely grace* She certainlyy makes aj charming! pjctuf e: ais, she -statidsi >in- *thq kitcli&n-door} draped! in* a chintz 1 apron,! prettily trimmed with- bows of ribbon,! her :ba.ngs hidden under a Dolly Vattden! cap, -annl. hem dhtiple^ white* hands encased, in • old i '■■ kid? gloves, ; : wh jle; : she sway 9 to and fro? on he? dainty FtfenchIcid heels, like . some /gracefiilk<-.wind-..bl,pwa floWeiv ;. ■■• • „■■ •■,:., '■ - : ; •■ . r..-a j .+' Mamma?" ■ , she lia'pedy 1 prettily, \. "please introduce 1 me- to- ybur assid-i tant.V ; ,\- ...:.,-. ; :.:■.- . :.■ ■ -..- „':■ | Whereupon : mammas saydy " Bridget ; this is- you? ■ young, lat3y,' Miss: : OiceLy, ! who wants to 'lean* th 6 name .and* us'ej ,pf everything io the ;kitcli©h>i ;:and how ' to make rcbcoanut- rusks' rand' >ahgePs I ippd, ,befor& . she goes to « hou«ekeepin'g | for herself." . : .-, ' . ■■: - \ , Bridget gave- a -:Shotft : of v > disfevour, ; but. as, ; she. looks at the';. young lady, relents^, and.s»yS 'fil'U throyt" . .. ; ; " And- ndw, Bridgeifc dear/ -says Miss Cicely, when: they i wene ialone, " tell me everything. '. You : see 1> don ? ,t know ! anything, excepfc what they .idid .at schpol ;-i,aad-i isn ? fc: this old kitcheii lovely , ? . What^makes >the ;cetKng such a .beautiful b^nzc colour; Bridget! ?'' . V Smoke," answered Bridget shortlyi "and me ould! ey.es nre patf:cmt tiritlq. that same." .'■•■■ .' ■ < -'\ y- .. ". Sm r oke-T-I must ' remember *< that j and Bridge^ what : ; ate . those ' shiny i things • on, the walls?'' , ; - r - i ! •*.)." JCivers, tin Myers sforthe iand .kittles.," : •,.:<■..•• i' .■.■'"■.'..■■' j. 'Hvivers ? oh, yes I musfc^, look fop ;the,deriyatidttof'fh'at word; ißridget> ! what are - tlidse- round things "in that ilbasket?" ■ :i-. •• • : "Praties! . (For .tho Loads- sake where hez :ye lived niver /to heat of jpraties !■)■ Why, they're the principals imate of Irelimd, where I* kirn from.?' ; , "Oh, but we have corrupted the 1 namo into potatoes ;. siich a shame mot!to keep the idiom of a language; Brid- = igj3t— do you mind if I call you : Biddie ! ! -— it is more euphonious I'and1 ' and modernises ' the' ) old classic appellatroni What is i Wiisliquid in thepan here ?•" ! ".Qgh, murfcher 1" Where wuz ye jpaized ? That's millick, freshfrom the : cow," •■• .■.■■..". .; .■ i ■■• ! « : -'i ; 1 . <l Mi-Hck, that is the vernacular^ ■•£ suppose^ of milk, and' that thick, : yellow boating ?"' .• ■ ••'■ .; ' '' ' ■■•'';■ / - : ' crame. (Lprd> swch-ignor- N ancoi)" • ' ; ' '' 1 "Grame? Nowy Biddie dear> I : jnust get to work. •■■l'm 'going to make a cake all oiit of my own head for tlcm-y^he's my lover, Biddie— -to eat wheir he comes to-nighti" ' "Bridget, aside— " It's dead he is' sure theniif he ates it !" • ' " I've got it all ddwn here, Biddie> on my tablet: A ! pound of buttery twenty egg3j two 'pounds sugar, sail, to" your taste.- No, that's a mistake.' Oh, hereitisi Biddie, the 'eggs first; It says to beat them; well p but* Ayoh't that break the shells •?" ■«. Well, ol'di break them this time if I ; was you, ".Miss Cicely; they might* not set well l on ( Mister Henry's stummach ef ye didn't," ■ said Bridget,' pleasantly; ! "Oh,!' suppose ttie shells are used spparatelyi There! I've broken : all the eggs into the flour. • I don't think ill usethe shells; Biddie j give ; them to some- pppr people. Now, whfrt 1 n^xt? Ohj I'm •so-:;tiMd-l Isn't housework droadful hard? But-I-m---glad I've learned to- make' cake. • 'Now/ W,hat shall I donext, 'Biddie 7'^ '' , '.( ■ ' ": Excuse me, Misß'-'Gicelyr^bui- ye"' might igive it to thepigH. 'I't'e nles<jlf can't see any other use for itj" • said. Bridget crustily^ i >■••••-. "Pigs Oh !, Bicldio ! l you ; don't mean' to . say that you have some 'ddar,;: canning little white ' pigs ? • ; Oh, . do

bring the little, darlings in and let me one &r.. a> .f>etsO Iwtiv isome canton ,-flaflnpl, oftf»;^ fj p, jjTftir, £iic6lt|iflyoTrei e too n a^|"uPy,j§^^t |qi» ; ; : • i „ . Jqp^99;^Q:beJl Riugjand dßti3get Cl re f t^edvt(>T aibftOjmcfe MnJifenr^fsiid ;Ciceiy : told.Bridgefr woalff tak^Hn- ; other- lesßGQ.tlio;-D;€>xt-:d%«Bd /liißn isiie , wpot vp r st3i|»s;! (Tjfithi fh6re*liiii*zoapiton ,• and : n^oV capi- with.a! littlei^.datnof : iflclur oil her .tiprlfeed'nwejyaiidf! toldil Hflifry j she rwatv leasaiiig tOcooki;; arid he^told , herr-aiie i^nflfc not ggt o^^heatodn'or worried, out^ for ho didn't! ieare^!#h^er she cpiild CQok op not f lie siioiridr a&tfer , want to eat when he could! talk to her, and itTjras/pnly :sordSdtßool»i;haJi; batted , ifor cooking. , *-, .-••■•■• \"; r .'" ! --vn'l , ; And Baeft^TChile, poop ißpid^ej;ioiWiß i just ilaminipg; Ihmgs: -in-! tier 'kittotofen, ; and' talking to hersfelf i^ her' old 1 sw^et idiom about ♦'idgits turtiiag thgrgß>>'tfj)- --. side 4<^wn fbt her : inooirsranencihgi.' 1 ' » * ; ;... ' ; .••■■/'•.:. T ;?.t iii „:jo%^;a ,-.' '-" v i:

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